The encampment is a makeshift shelter surrounded by fencing and razor wire where migrants are held when Border Patrol stations can’t hold more people. Border Patrol agents say it’s a temporary solution amid a surge of undocumented immigration.
Julián Aguilar
Julián Aguilar reported for the Tribune from 2009 to 2021, most recently on politics and on the Texas-Mexico border. He focused on immigration reform and enforcement, voter ID, international trade, border security, and the drug trade. His political coverage has included local, legislative and congressional races in Texas, as well as local and national elections in Mexico. Before joining The Texas Tribune, he was a freelance writer for the Fort Worth Weekly, a government and crime reporter for the Laredo Morning Times, and a political writer for the Rio Grande Guardian. A native of El Paso, he has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas and a master's degree in journalism from the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Border lawmaker makes another push to put eight-liners on local ballots
Rep. Richard Raymond has introduced bills to get rid of the gambling machines for years. This time, he’s trying a different approach.
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Immigration
Hundreds of agents will be pulled from ports of entry to help El Paso Border Patrol process undocumented immigrants
The agency’s chief said 750 agents will be reassigned indefinitely from across the southwest border to aid the El Paso sector, where agents apprehended more than 1,000 immigrants Monday.
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Immigration
Border Patrol closes West Texas checkpoints as influx of migrants strains resources
A government spokesman said shutting down the checkpoints near El Paso is a temporary measure.
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Immigration
The Trump administration’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico has come to El Paso
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that its Migration Protection Protocols, also called “remain in Mexico,” now includes the El Paso port of entry.
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Immigration
Continued surge of immigrant apprehensions in El Paso puts strain on shelters, volunteers
The director of the El Paso-based Annunciation House said he needs more help from the city to ensure the migrants, most of whom are seeking asylum, don’t end up on the streets.
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Environment
Laredo officials want to use border wall money to fund a riverfront project
A decade ago, Laredo leaders hatched an idea for a riverfront development aimed at luring more people to downtown. Now they’re trying to get the federal government to make it part of President Donald Trump’s border wall.
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Politics
Trump’s emergency declaration could mean Texas’ military installations lose millions for future projects
Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Bliss, Fort Hood and the naval reserve center in Galveston could all lose funding for construction projects if the president’s plan to divert money from the military to a border wall succeeds.
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Immigration
Apprehension of undocumented families in Texas continues to surge
So far this fiscal year, detainments of families on the U.S.-Mexico border have more than tripled from the same period last year.
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Immigration
As El Paso region sees surge in migrant crossings, nonprofit groups’ support services feel the strain
The surge of migrants illegally crossing into Texas has continued as the Trump administration has tried to crack down on asylum-seekers.
